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The need to monitor the health of servers and networks is unanimous. You don't want to be a blind pilot who is headed for an inevitable disaster. Fortunately, there are many open source and commercial tools to help you do the monitoring. As always, good and expensive are not as attractive as good and cheap. So, we've put together the most valuable cloud and windows monitoring tools to get you started.

Observability has been tied up with causality from its origins in the mathematical realm of control theory in the early 1960s. A system (of any kind, hardware or software, natural or engineered) was deemed to be ‘observable’ if it generated self-descriptive data from which it was possible to infer how states of the system were causally related to one another.

Modern retail businesses need to deliver exceptional customer experiences that are not only fast and secure but also completely frictionless. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Splunk have come together to provide a value proposition that goes beyond what either platform can offer independently.

One of the primary goals of any IT team is to ensure seamless operation and consistent uptime. This is typically achieved via monitoring — whether on-premises, in an application or across a network, monitoring allows teams to respond quickly to a given issue or even understand potential problems before they arise. For today’s complex distributed systems, one of the more common monitoring methods comes in the form of cloud monitoring.

VPNs (virtual private networks) have rapidly become essential for remote workers and organizations. VPNs provide enhanced privacy, security, and access to restricted resources by creating an encrypted tunnel for internet traffic. However, many IT professionals grapple with the tradeoffs inherent in routing all traffic through a VPN tunnel. VPN split tunneling offers a versatile solution by allowing you to intelligently segment VPN and non-VPN traffic.

In today’s interconnected world, where network performance is crucial for business operations, understanding the significance of ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) becomes paramount. Today’s post sheds some light on the critical role of ICMP and why it should not be disabled despite legacy security concerns. By implementing proper security measures, businesses can leverage the benefits of ICMP while mitigating potential risks.

In collaboration with F5, ServiceNow® Cloud Observability is pleased to announce the availability of the OpenTelemetry Arrow Project. This co-donated and co-developed project gives organizations greater control over the data extracted from their cloud applications—as well as a path forward to improve the return on investment (ROI) of that data.

Pandora FMS, a leader in the Information Technology and Monitoring solutions market, is glad to announce that the unification of its brands, Integria IMS and eHorus, under the new names Pandora ITSM and Pandora RC, respectively, has been successfully implemented. Pandora ITSM, formerly known as Integria IMS, represents Pandora FMS IT Service Desk and Service Management solution.

Docker’s power and versatility have cemented its place in developers’ and administrators’ toolkits. Along with this widespread adoption comes the critical need for effective logging in Docker containers. However, once you scale beyond a single container on a single machine, effectively capturing and working with logs from Docker presents a challenge. The native docker logs command quickly becomes inadequate, and you’ll need a more scalable solution.

Want to invest in a virtual private network or SD-WAN tunnel but don’t know which one to use? It’s important to realize these technologies have many differences and serve unique purposes in your business environment. This guide will teach you more and help you make the right purchasing decision for your business.